The novel by the famous modern English writer D. Dimoke tells about the conquest of England by the Norman knights, about Count Waltheof, one of the Anglo-Sax...

J. Verne's early story “The Comte de Chantelain” takes the reader back to the time of the French Revolution and reflects the political views of the author, w...

I woke up, there was snow, blood and a dead lynx all around. There is a wound on the back of your head, a man who comes running calls you his excellency, and...

After the tragic death of his beloved wife, for many years nothing could console Adam Greyhawk. However, no sorrow lasts forever, and a chance meeting with C...

“Shake off the dust from the bindings. The sheets were caked and yellowed. These heavy books are well forgotten in archives and libraries. But when you begin...

The adventures of Andrei Prokhorov continue. Having dealt a painful blow to his ill-wishers at court, the Tula governor found himself in a much more difficul...

“...The blade flashed strongly, Cagliostro pulled out the sword. He hits the air with the blade, sniffles, tenses. Suddenly he jumped up and drew a circle on...

An Englishman named Wraxall goes to Sweden to collect materials for a book. Chance brings him to the Robek estate. Here, studying the family papers of the ow...

“Who hasn’t heard of Count Bruce - “these chicks of Petrov’s nest... And Bruce, and Bour, and Repnin,” but no one really knows anything about the count. I do...

“Nikolai Petrovich Trubnikov has disliked rain, especially prolonged rain, ever since he served on the border. And even after going into reserve, he did not ...

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